Combination tie-vest device



Oct. 25, 1966 D. v. WILLS COMBINATION TIE-VEST DEVICE Filed Feb. 8, 1965nwewrap DAV/0 1 was ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,280,404 COMBINATIONTIE-VEST DEVICE David V. Wills, 4828 Brown St.. Philadelphia, Pa. FiledFeb. 8, 1965, Ser. No. 430,975 8 Claims. (Cl. 2-102) The inventionrelates to an article of clothing, and more particularly to a reversiblecombination tie-vest device.

The invention provides an improved reversible combination tie-vestdevice with an adjustable neck band for lengthening or shortening thetie-band. The device also allows the removal of the tie band and use ofthe vest article without same. The tie-vest device is also reversible,and is provided with waist clips allowing easy reversibility.

It is therefore a primary object of the invention to provide a new andimproved combination tie-vest device providing an adjustable band forlengthening or shortening the tie portion thereof and allowing removalof the tie portion for use of the article without same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcombination tie-vest device which is readily reversible and is providedwith waist clips allowing easy reversal of the article.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcombination tie-vest device having a unitary construction including atie band which may readily be tied by the wearer about the neck of ashirt garment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparentas the following detailed description of the invention is read inconjunction with the claims, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a reversible combination tie-vestdevice embodying the invention,

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view illustrating the application of thetie-vest device of FIGURE 1 applied to a shirt garment of a wearer,

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of the blank form of the clipping means ofFIGURE 3 prior to its being bent into final form,

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the device shown inFIGURE 1 illustrating its application, with its tie portion removed, toa shirt garment of a wearer, and

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the top portion of the tie-vest devicewith its tie portion removed and used with a neck band about the collarof a shirt garment for application to the shirt garment of a wearer.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring to the figures, the reversible tie-vest device 10 comprises avest panel 12 which has an upwardly narrowing portion 14 connecting atits top 16 with a connecting means 17 joined with a tie band portion 18having an end 20. The lower portion 22 of the vest panel 12 is providedwith arcuate bottom edges 24, 26, forming an intermediate V-noticed edgeregion 28 with two bottom vest apex points 30, 32 all of a unitaryconstruction.

The bottom portion 34 of the vest panel 12 provides laterally extendingregions 36, 38 formed by the bottom edges 24, 26 and the upper edges 39,40 of the vest panel 12. The side portions 36, 38 of the vest panel 12are provided with loops 42, 44 which pass through the openings 46, 48 ofvest attachment means 50, 52. The vest attachment means 50, 52, may beformed of a blank of material 50 which may be of metal and bent into anM-shaped form with opposite tongues 54, 56, and a center portion 58. Thecenter portion 58 has the extending portion 60 containing the slotopenings 46.

The upper portion 14 of the vest panel 12 is provided proximate its top16 with a flexible and bendable strip element 62 which may be securedbetween the front and back layers of material 64, 66 of the vest panel12. The strip element 62 may be of metallic or other suitable material.The section 68 of the connecting means 17 is also seemed at the top 16of the vest panel 12 and is provided with a loop 70 at its extending endfor retaining the hook element 72 of the connecting means 17. A secondsection 74 of the connecting means 17 is provided with a looped end 76for detachably engaging the hook 78 of the element 72. One end 80 of thesection 74 is connected with a slidablyadjustable buckle 82 which ismovable along the looped portion 84 of the section 74 for shortening orlengthening the extension of the section 74 of the connecting means 17.The sections 68 and 74 of the hook element 72 may be made of strips ofelastic or inelastic flexible material.

The end 86 of the section 74 ofthe connecting means 17 is connected withthe end 88 of the tie portion 18 of the tie-vest device 10. The tieportion 18 may also be provided with two layers of material 90, 92 onopposite sides corresponding to the layers of material 64 and 66 of thevest panel 12.

In use when the combination tie-vest device 10 is worn, as shown inFIGURE 2, the vest panel is applied to the front of the shirt garment 94shown in dashed lines, with the upwardly extending portion 14 directedtoward the neck of the wearer and the connecting portion 17 extendingabout the collar 96 of the shirt garment 14. The tie portion 18 isformed into a knot 98 in a conventional manner and extends downwardly,with its end 20 at the bottom, in front of the vest portion 12 of thedevice 10. The side regions 36, 38 of the vest panel 12 are secured byclipping the attachment means 50, 52 over the upper edge 100 (shown bydashed lines) of the trousers 101 of the wearer. The attachment means50, 52 are thus secured by receiving the upper edge of the trousersbetween the tongue portion 54 and the center or intermediate portion 58of their respective attachment means 50, 52. The attachment means 50, 52affords easy reversal of the tie-vest device 12 by allowing clippingwith the trousers between the opposite tongue 56 and the center portion58 of respective attachment means 50, 52 when the device 10 is reversed.

By its reversibility, combination tie-vest device 10 provides additionalutility n vew of the diierent desgns or ornamentation which may bepresented by the layers 64, 66 of the vest panel 12 and the layers 90,92 of the tie portion 18 on opposite sides of the combination tie-vestdevice 10. The fact that the tie portion 18 may :be detached andreversibly attached by the connection means 17 also increases the numberof combinations which may be achieved in the designs or ornamentationspresented by the combination tie-vest device 10 and which can be chosenby the wearer.

FIGURE 6 discloses the manner in which the combination tie-vest device10 may be applied to the shirt 102 of the wearer with the tie portion 18detached. The attachment means 50, 52 are similarly attached in themanner described in connection with FIGURE 2, while the upper portion 14of the vest panel 12 has its metallic element 62 bent to form an edge104 which is positioned over the top edge 106 of the shirt 102. Themetallic element 62 in its bent condition maintains the fold 104 at thetop of the vest panel 12, forming a hook with its downwardly extendingportion with edge 16 extending along the inside of the collar 108 of theshirt 102. This maintains the vest in position and provides an articleof clothing which is different in structure and operation from theconventional or prior art vest garments.

A modified form of application of the combination tievest device isdisclosed in FIGURE 7. In this application, the device 10 has its upperportion 14 folded to form an edge 104 having its downwardly extendingextremity passed under a neck band 110. The neck band 110 may be made ofelastic material and is provided with an attachment hook means 112. Theband 110 passes about the collar 108 of the shirt 102 and provides ameans for securing the top 14 of the device 10 proximate the collar 108of the shirt 102 with its extending end 16 passing behind the neck band110 and behind the upwardly extending portion 14 of the vest panel 12.

The Various manners in which the combination tie-vest device 10 may beused with or without the tie portion 18 and the reversal of the device10 as a whole or with the independent reversal of the tie portion 18,provides a highly versatile and useful article of clothing.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention mayfind wide application with appropriate modification to meet theindividual design circumstances, but without substantial departure fromthe essence of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A combination tie-vest device comprising a single unitary vest panelwhich narrows centrally of said panel to a single band in the directiontoward its top portion, an elongated reversible neck tie portion havinga first removable and reversibly attachable end for being knotted withthe top portion of the vest panel and a second free neck tie end, andconnecting means for being attached with the first end of said neck tieportion and adjustably joining the top portion of said vest panel withsaid neck tie portion, said panel having its greatest width at itsbottom portion and including first and second attachment means atopposite sdes of the bottom portion of said vest panel.

2. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel whichnarrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, anelongated neck tie portion, and connecting means adjustably joining thetop portionof said vest panel With said neck tie portion, said panelhaving its greatest width at its bottom portion and including first andsecond attachment means at opposite sides of the bottom portion of saidvest panel, said connecting means detachably connects said vest paneland said neck tie portion, said vest panel being reversible with saidfirst and second attachment means each being provided with first andsecond symmetrical clipping tongues and a center portion for attachmentwith said vest panel.

3. The device of claim 2 in which the top portion of said vest panel isprovided with a bendable strip means for maintaining a fold in the endof top portion of said vest panel.

4. The device of claim 3 in which the first and second 4 attachmentmeans of said vest panel each have a substantially M configuration, andsaid strip means comprises a flexible metallic element.

5. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel whichnarrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, thetop portion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable stripmeans for maintaining a fold in the upper end of the top portion of saidvest panel, said panel having its greatest width at its bottom portionand including first and second attachment means at opposite sides of thebottom portion of said vest panel, said vest panel being reversible withsaid first and second attachment means each being provided with firstand second symmetrical clipping tongues and a center portion forattachment with said vest panel.

6. The device of claim 5 in which the first and second attachment meansof said vest panel each have a substantially M configuration, and saidstrip means comprises a flexible metallic element.

7. A combination tievest device comprising a unitary vest panel whichnarrows centrally of said panel to a single band in the verticaldirection towards its top portion and has abottom waist portion, the topportion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable strip meanscomprising a flexible metallic element extending in the verticaldirection for maintaining a fold at a desired location in the upper endof the top portion of said vest panel to allow the adjustment in thelength of said band and forming an attachment hook to maintain same inposition, said vest panel having its greatest width at its bottomportion and including first and second symmetrical reversible attachmentclip means at opposite sides of the bottom portion of said vest panel.

8. A combination tie-vest device comprising a unitary vest panel whichnarrows to a single band in the direction toward its top portion, thetop portion of said vest panel being provided with a bendable stripmeans comprising a flexible metallic element for maintaining a fold inthe upper end of the top portion of said vest panel, and a neck bandcomprising an elongated elastic strip with detachably secured ends forencompassing the neck of a wearer and retainably receiving thereaboutthe folded end of the top portion of said vest panel.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,737,322 11/1929Minton 2-155 2,134,473 10/1938 Engleson 2--102 2,152,073 3/1939McEldowney 248 2,526,274 10/1950 Riordan et al. 2153 3,093,830 6/1963Wills 2-102 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner. R. J. SCANLAN, 1a.,Assistant Examiner.

1. A COMBINATION TIE-VEST DEVICE COMPRISING A SINGLE UNITARY VEST PANELWHICH NARROWS CENTRALLY OF SAID PANEL TO A SINGLE BAND IN THE DIRECTIONTOWARD ITS TOP PORTION, AN ELONGATED REVERSIBLE NECK TIE PORTION HAVINGA FIRST REMOVABLE AND REVERSIBLY ATTACHABLE END FOR BEING KNOTTED WITHTHE TOP PORTION OF THE VEST PANEL AND A SECOND FREE NECK TIE END, ANDCONNECTING MEANS FOR BEING ATTACHED WITH THE FIRST END OF SAID NECK TIEPORTION AND ADJUSTABLY JOINING THE TOP PORTION OF SAID VEST PANEL WITHSAID NECK TIE PORTION, SAID PANEL HAVING ITS GREATEST WIDTH AT ITSBOTTOM PORTION AND INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND ATTACHMENT MEANS ATOPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID VEST PANEL.